Dr. Uwe
Lüken

Overview

Uwe is a highly regarded trade mark specialist. Clients seek his strategic advice to protect their intangible assets especially in international conflicts and on colour trademarks.

Uwe is a partner in our Düsseldorf office and a member of our Intellectual Property group.

He specialises in non-technical intellectual property and, in particular, trade marks, competition, design and copyrights. He provides long term strategic advice to many well known German and international companies.

Uwe focuses on protecting his clients’ intangible assets through a combination of monitoring and filing strategies and by representing clients in conflicts in and out of court. He has been involved in the protection of colour trademarks in national registries and at CTM level as well as in colour trademark enforcement. He provides strategic advice and represents clients in proceedings – from searches and filing to infringement litigation. Uwe works with clients on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional issues.

Uwe studied law at the Universities of Passau and Bochum. He was admitted to the Regional Court Düsseldorf Bar in 1998 and has been a partner at Bird & Bird since 2002.

He is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics relating to non-technical intellectual property and is the co-editor and author of the “Stöckel/Lüken Handbook on Trademark and Design Law”.

Sector and Practice Information

News & Events

On 23rd June the UK voted to leave the European Union ("Brexit"). This decision will continue to have a significant effect on the IP/IT market which has been governed by so many EU Regulations and Directives in the past (albeit not exclusively) that intricately bound the UK to the EU.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that it is an infringement of copyright to sell a physical back-up copy of a software program, even if the original physical copy has been damaged, lost or destroyed.

International law firm Bird & Bird is advising the Micro:bit Educational Foundation on future plans for the successful digital education tool, the micro:bit, launched earlier this year by Foundation member, BBC Learning. The firm advised pro bono on setting up a Not-For-Profit organisation, and ensuring it has the rights in place to take the micro:bit product forward.